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6) Click Yes. You have now copied the formulas into each cell while maintaining the format
you set up in the original worksheet. Of course, in this example you would have to tidy the
worksheet up by removing the zeros in the non-formatted rows.
Figure 167: Linking Sheets: Copy Paste Special from K7:N17
Note
LibreOffice default is to paste all the attributes of the original cell(s) - formats, notes,
objects, text strings and numbers.
The Function Wizard can also be used to accomplish the linking. Use of this Wizard is described in
detail in the section on Functions.
Understanding functions
Calc includes over 350 functions to help you analyze and reference data. Many of these functions
are for use with numbers, but many others are used with dates and times, or even text. A function
may be as simple as adding two numbers together, or finding the average of a list of numbers.
Alternatively, it may be as complex as calculating the standard deviation of a sample, or a
hyperbolic tangent of a number.
Typically, the name of a function is an abbreviated description of what the function does. For
instance, the FV function gives the future value of an investment, while BIN2HEX converts a binary
number to a hexadecimal number. By tradition, functions are entered entirely in upper case letters,
although Calc will read them correctly if they are in lower or mixed case, too.
A few basic functions are somewhat similar to operators. Examples:
+ This operator adds two numbers together for a result. SUM() on the other hand adds groups
of contiguous ranges of numbers together.
* This operator multiplies two numbers together for a result. PRODUCT() does the same for
multiplying that SUM() does for adding.
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